JF/98.0

Author: pquiring

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.github.pquiring</groupId>
   <artifactId>javaforce</artifactId>
-  <version>97.0</version>
+  <version>98.0</version>
 
   <scm>
     <url>https://github.com/pquiring/javaforce</url>

readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 JavaForce SDK
 =============
 
-Version 97.0
+Version 98.0
 
 Description
 ===========
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Before checking out the source make sure to configure line endings:
 Checkout Javaforce and a specific version:
   git clone http://github.com/pquiring/javaforce
   cd javaforce
-  git checkout tags/97.0
+  git checkout tags/98.0
   ant
 Next build the native loaders.
 

src/javaforce/JF.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public class JF {
 
   public static String getVersion() {
-    return "97.0";
+    return "98.0";
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {

versions.properties

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #JavaForce version properties
 
 #JavaForce version
-javaforce-version=97.0
+javaforce-version=98.0
 
 #Java JDK version (version that is targetted in compiling)
 java-version=24

whatsnew.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 What's new...
 
+Feb 6/2026 : JF/98.0
+  - More JNI to FFM implemented : Media, ComPort and MonitorFolder
+  - Fixed major memory leaks in FFM implementations
+    Garbage collects works on Arenas not MemorySegments so the JNI2FFM
+    conversion had to be modified.
+  - Many bugs fixed related to jfLinux and the desktop environment is working again.
+    - jfLinux is the ONLY desktop environment with working system tray support!
+    - KDE is currently broken - bug has been open for over a year (KDE Bug#498824)
+    - Gnome removed system tray support and will never add it back
+      - that's similar to another company that removed the Start Menu
+      - at least they put it back!
+    - other desktop environments has functional issues and don't work.
+
 Jan 28/2026 : JF/97.0
   - some JNI interfaces have been upgraded to FFM (see javaforce.ffm.*)
     FFM.disable() can be used to revert back to JNI